Type-writing machine.



0. WOODWARD. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1005.

902,039. Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

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UNITED STATFEBTENT OFFICE.

OSCAR WOODWARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO WYGKOFI", SEAMAN-d ctBENEDICT,

OF ILION, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK TYPE-WRITIN G MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Application filed August 16, 1905. Serial No. 274,288.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, OsoAaWoonwAao, citizenof the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city ofNew York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have mventedcertain new and useful rovements in Type-Writing Machines, of which thefollowin IS a specification.

My invention re ates to typcwriting ma chines and more particularly tothe type ac tion thereof.

The main object of my invention is to provide a simple and eflicienttype action, one in which the parts can not on y be readily assembled,but one in which, after assemblage,

. each part can easily be reached for adjustment or repair.

To the above and other ends which will hereinafter ap ear, my inventionconsists in the features 0 construction, arrangements of parts andcombinations of devices to be ereinafter described and particularlypointed out in'the appended claims.

In the acoom anying drawings, wherein.

like *reference 0 aracters designate corresponding parts in the variousviews, Figure 1 IS a vertical, central, front to rear sectional view ofa typewriting machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the ty e bar hanger segment showing par- 'ticular y thearrangement of the hangers.

Fig. 3 is a top plan-view of the machine with carriage parts removed.Fig. 4 is a front elevation with parts broken away, of the segments forthe type bars and type bar actuating devices, together with the meansfor rig id y connectin said segments together.

Fig. 5, is an en arged detail developed dia grammatic plan view' of aportion of the type bar segment with some of the type bar hangerssecured thereto. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of the partsshown in Fi .4, the" shew being taken on the line :c-m ofTig. 4 andlooking in the direction of the arrow at said line. Fig, 7 is anenlarged detail side elevation of a sub-lever and its hanger. Fig. 8 isan end view of-the same looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 7.Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail transverse sectional view.

showing a portion of the segment and two of the type bars and hangerssecured thereto, certain of the parts being broken away tobetter-illustrate other features of the con= struct-ion; .'Fig. l0is adetail front elevation of'the combined sub-lever segment and type restwith a detachable shield or fender in place thereon, parts being brokenaway. Fig 11 is a top plan view of the same with arts broken away. Fig.12 is an enlarged etail fragmentary plan view of the parts shown in 0Fig. 10. Fig. 13 is a transverse sectional view of the same parts, theview being taken on line yy of Fig. 10 and looking in the'di rection ofthe arrow at said line. Fig. 14 is a view corresponding to that shown inFig. 13,"

but on a larger scale. Fig. 15 is a; detail developed diagrammatic planview of a number of the type bars and hangers of one set. Fig. 16 is afragmentary detail front elevation of the adjusting plate for therestoring springs. 79

Fig. 17 is a agmentary front elevation, of the combined fulcrum andguide plate. Fig. 18 is a transverse sectional view taken through oneofthe hangers. Figs. 19 and'ZO are detail side views of the connectinglinks.

Fig. 21 is a plan view of the blank from which the pad retaining clip isform ed. Fig. 22 is a vertical sectional view of the segment taken onthe line zz of Fig. 2; and Fig. '23 is a verticaltransverse sectionalview of the molchine, someof the parts being broken away to betterilliistrate other features of the construction. I

The base 1 of the machine has corner JOS'BSQ extending upwardlytherefrom and a etach- 8-5 which pass through holes in the top plate andare threaded into the posts. A suitableca'r riage is mounted on the topplate to travel from side to side of the machine, the carriagesupporting a cylindrical platen 4 and front fee rollers '4".- The topplate has a central recess 5 '(see Fi 3) which extends rearwardly fromthe Fro able the type bars to swing upwardl and rearwardly to theprinting point as indicated in Fig. 1. The outer edge of the top platehas a depending flange 6 that extends entirely around it to the points7, Fig. 3 where 1 -00 it intersects flanges, reinforcements or heads 7that extend along the side edges of the to plate at the recessed portion5 thereof an end at the trough 7* in the top plate. The

curved forward ed e of the recessed portion of the to plate is a sobeaded as at 7". The object o1 this reinforcement or flange is toprevent undue contraction of the top plate in the casting or manufacturethereof and so that the side members 8 to each side of the nt portionthereof to en- 95 has a series of saw-kerl's 13 therein.

opening 5 therein ma remain rigid with the rear body portion 0' theplate and not be sprung relatively thereto.

A combined fulcrum and guide or comb plate 9, which is angular in crosssection, is secured by one of its an ular members 10 to the base of themachine screws 11. This plate extends transverse y across the machinethroughout the width thereof and the lower edge of the upright member 12thereof These saw-kerfs are cut diagonally or in an inclined directionso as to form a knife-ed e fulcrum or bearing 14 at the bottom wall 0each sawkerf. The width of each slot corresponds substantially to thethickness of the 'associated key lever 15 which is received therein anduided by the side walls of the slot. Each rey lever has an angularbearing slot or notch 16 in which the knife-edge fulcrum is received.()ne portion 16 of the notch forms a flat shoulder that cooperates withthe front face of the fulcrum late to prevent an accidental rearwarddisp acement of the key lever, whereas the rear inclined wall 16"" ofthe notch cooperates with the rear face of the fulcrum late andapproaches the vertical sufficient y to prevent an accidental forwarddisplacement of the key lever. The construction thus described enablesthe key levers to be readily mounted in place or dismounted when desiredand yet prevents an accidental longitudinal movement or accidentalunship ing of the key levers on the combined guidia and fulcrum plate 9.Each of the key levers 15 is connected at 17 to a coiled contractilerestorin spring 18, the upper end of which is secure toa late 19. Thisplate extends transverselfi o the machine throughout or substantia y.throughout the width thereof and is secured to the base of the machineby one or more adjusting screws 20. The plate 19 has its front and rearedges bent up asshown in Fi 1, and the upturned front edge of the plateis formed with a series of shallow slits 21 which receive the upperhook-like ends 220i the restoring springs 18. The upturned reartedge ofthe plate 19 engaging the under side'of the back shelf, servesas a ulcru'm for the plate, so that the tension of all of the restoringsprings may be simultaneously regulated 13v adjusting the screws 20,which are provi ed with milled heads for this purpose. It will beunderstood that the spacing of the slits 21 corresponds to the spacingbetween the ke saw-kerfs 13 in the fu crum plateg. The

forward end of each key, lever 15 is provided with the usual finger key23, whilerthe key levers themselves are guided at their forward ends ina comb late 24 that is secured to the base of the mac c in any suitablemanner Each key lever has a perforation25 therein for cooperation with ahook-like member 25 one, two-part link 26 providedwitli a levers 15 andthe 7 turn buckle 27 for purposes of adjustment. The upper end of eachhnk 26 is likewise provided with a hook-like member 25 that engages theforward end of a sub-lever 28, the rear end of which sub-lever has anopening .29 to receive a hook-like member 29 on a are constructed likethe ends of the links 26.

and facilitate the connection and disc0nnec tion of the link. Thesub-levers 28 are each pivoted at 33 to a hanger 34 that is referably ablock-like hanger, as illustrate in detail in I i s. 7 and 8. Each ofthese hangers has two threaded openings 35 therein for the reception ofretaining screws. The rear end portion of each hanger is bifurcated at36 by a milling cut or otherwise and receives the associated sub-leverbetween the arms formed bythe bifurcation y From an inspection of Figs.1 and 7 it will be seen that each hanger 34 is substantially in the formof an inverted U, one arm of which forms a foot-piece by which thehanger is secured to its supporting segment, whereas the other arm formsthe support to which the associated sub-lever is pivoted. It willlikewise be seen'that when the sub-lever is in the normal position theforward endthereof, together with the upper end of itslink 26, arereceived in the recess or spaceformed .between the two arms of thesubstantially U- sha ed hanger.

eaded screws 37 extend freely throu h openings or holes 38 in a segment39. T, e

heads of the screws extend towards the front of the machine and in frohtof the segment 39, whereas the stems thereof extend throu hthe openings38 and take-into the threa ed openings 35 in the ban ers 34, two

screws being employed for ,each anger.

From an examination of Fig. it will be observed that the hanger! 34amall avertically disposed on the segknent '39, thou h they haveasegmental arrangement on t a se entso that the sub-levers 28 receive asu stantially up and down movement -;each sub-lever moving in the sameor substantiallythmsamemertical plane as the correspond1n ke lever.Above the segment 39,. and preera 1y formed as a part thereof, is at'yperest which comprises a trough-like portion 40 in which a type barpad 41 is seated. The t pe'b'ar ad is mhintamed in detac able .ca

1 or cli s 42 (see '11, 12, 13 Muh m ad from platefiflcli embraces ttptn'tiun oi the top thereet. Each clip is hit'nrented at 43 so as tostraddle the u per edge of the flange \vhieh constitutes tie segment3!), the clips heing held in insition by 'lrietion. One of these clipsor catches is provided [it each end of the paid, this being suiiieientto maintain said purl against accidental. displaeenn-lnt from the troughin which it is seated.

Extending upwardly from the Forward edge of the trough is a flange 44that is curved to eenterni t0 the type rest and extends slightly higherthan. the upper edges of the L )6 hleeks so as to censtitute e tender orshield for the tervcerd ends til the type hers and the type hlneksthereon. A eever plitte 4-5 that is segmental in term and conforms tothe shape of the segment 39 is secured there to by headed serees t6, thestems of which pass freely through 0 enings therein. The shield 45 thuscovers t 1e heads of the screws 37 which secure the hangers of thesub-levers in place. The segment 39 is preferably in the nature of e.flange which projects from the type rest and the Han e 0r segment 3.);the ty e rest and the'fem or 44 may all he termedhir east ee 9, sin 'lepiece.

A vertically disposer type bar segment 54 is formed with two contactfaces 55, 56 that lie in different vertical planes, the former a littleback of the latter. Each of tl' ese c 1- taet 'or sup iorting faces isdevoid of pro zetiens'and therefore may be formed by 'eir mil-er turningout. Said feees cons itute bearing faces aainst which the type herhaln'gers bear. he hangers are arranged in two sets, pne above theother, those. of the upjlier set being meunted on contact face 56 emthose of the lower set on centaet'falee 5.5. The hangers 57 of the lowerset are bifurefite'd hangers whiehslre radially arranged (iii thecontact faLee end are secured in lace by headed screws 58, the heads ofhieh beer on Washers or securing plates 59 that in ,ttirn beer (in thestem-like portitmsee (if the harig'ers. he stems'ef the screws 58 arereceived in-segmentitllyarranged tlire ,ded openings 61 '(Fig. 4) in theseginent. he arms of each of the hangers sire eidusted relatively fineto the other so ale to ellertl it proper editistm'entof meanings for theype liar pivot B lg. It). Each of these caps-tail; screws he; a head 64,and the stem thereef is received and free to tum-11,1- rm e'p-erring 65in one arm of the associate hanger,wherees the other and of the screw isthreaded at 66 and is received im threaded e iening in the eja'pesitearm of the hanger. in each capstan screw between the side firms 0f thehunger for the reeeption'of a, tool, by

oles 67 are previtlerl mea'ns Of which the screw ma be, turned and aned"ustment of the said arms of the hanger altei'i 'ed; t From-mmspeetienof Figs. 2, 5 and If, it

62 by i1 eepetain; sereiv. 63 ame will be seen thet the hangers nl'these type burs neer the middle 01' the series prejeet farther lerwin'dfrom the hire of the segment then these near the ends 01' the series,the width at the stock l'rinn wh -h ihe hangers are made dem'imsinggradually from the een tel tn the sides (It the system. in ether words,from the center to the sides of the system, the pivots 62 (end 7(5) ofthe type lnn's ere ,uf g'eduully decreasing distances from the hue utthe segment to which the hangers ere seeured anal are paralleltln-rewith. 'lhe purpose (if this errengement is tn curry tt .e typelileele; at the sides of the systenrl'iack l'urther tmrnrds the rear 01'the machine than these at the center of the system, in order that moreelenmnee may he provided for the type hleeks at the sides of the s stemto decrease the liability of eentlicrt )etvreen the adjacent type hers.The arrangement of the type blue-ks, effected hy the means just described, is clearly illustrated in Fig. 15. Any desired number of thecentrally located hungers may, if desired, be made of the same size sothat the pivots for the type bars of these hangers are all at the samedistance from the segment; and from eertnii'i aspects of my inventienall of the hangers for each set nniy )rejert forwardly to thesame extent or may )0 made from the same width of stock so that "the ty141 bar PlVUlJS of tit L5 entire set of hungers wil be at the samedistance frmn the face of the se rn'ent tn which said lmngers aresecured. he fastening means er screws for the hangers are located atgreduell increesihg distances apart as the sides 0 the system are. ajpreeehed, in order to still ui'ther previi 'e for the proper clearanceof the lmrs at, the sides of the system. and to eterd sufiieient mom forthe pivots of the type h irs which increase in length as the sides ofthe system the approached and to revide room for the hangers vihiehinereaee Iiifiridtl'I from the center to the sides of the sjt tern. 4

it sheu'ld, be understehd t liitt eeeh's'et 0f tj'ie b'ai' lingers iserr-hinged in theniannor (llliseribed abeife. The type her hinj ersei'tl'l'lijlfi iei setrnay he err-ringed in stillstnnseries ieeltittliiitthe hilu f'eeted. 811m,- tif the itper set f hit-tigers extend tetriu'dsthe el'iis of the liniigq'irs of the lewer. set its shown in .i'g. 2rind the hangers oi the twetsets ever- [11 5' are" of her 3 1d tirestdggeredreletiyely t6 ixeh 0t re. 'l [Us the hn n'gers (i8 emu petseriesjare' secured tn um; nice 56' eft e tea: egdinst' \vn'shem erseeming plates 10 th'fit in writ te ien the bih'irt'liited sternlikeortioris' of thehim'gers end seefire them to t e, segmen A threadedstems received in te ed ,0 ,on'i'n'gs 71' in the type bar segment. A lof t e eeritrail hangers 68 or those near the center of the tiiallljr tme eenumeres theseel tltO-lQVt'Ol The serews 69 have their segment byscrews titi the heiids of whieh the type bars.

' said hangers is employed at one end of the system may be similar tothe hangers 57 near t 1e center of the lower set. I prefer, however, tomake each of the hangers 72, near the terminal portions of the segment,or at least one of them, with one arm 73 substan tially straight andradially dis ose d on the segment and to bend or oil-set t 0 other arm74 from the securing screw 69 which holds the han er in place. The bentarms of the termina hangers are preferably arranged uppermost asindicator in Fig."2 but the form of the intermediate hangers is not somaterial. The purpose of this arr-an ement is to decrease the height orextent of t e segment, and'yet.v get suflicient clearance between typeare and provide long pivots for Thus it will be understood that if theterminal hangers of the up er row, and especially that hanger at the rigt hand end, were formed in the same manner as the terminal hangers ofthe lower row, for instance, the securing screws for the terminalhangers of the upper set would necessarily be located at a greaterheight than the are in the construction shown in Fi 2. t would benecessary therefore to ma e the segment .of greater height at the sidesthan is necessary when the terminal hangers, or one of them, is providedwith one bent arm and one substantially straight arm, as indicated inthe drawings. Where two rows of type bar hangers are employed, as in thepresent instance, it is not essential that the hanger at one end of theupper row' be sha ed 1n the manner indicated, inasmuch as t e hangernearest the end of thesegment is a hanger of the lower row and plenty ofroom is provided at 'this point for securing the hanger in place withoutincreasing the height of t e segment, so therefore the advantageincident to the use of a hanger of the character specified will beattained in some cases where but one of system or segment.

The closeness and com a preciated by an inspection of Fig. 1,-from whichit will be seen that the paper feed roller 4' comes close to the cutoutportion 54 at'the to of the segment and from an in action of ig. 22 itwill be seen that the big est hole 71 for the right-hand hanger comesclose to the top edge of the segment.

Itwill be observed that in the construction shown, wide pivot bearingsare provided and that the ivot bearings for the terminal type bars inthe uppermost arms of the he. ers are OO-GXlZGIISlVG in hei ht with orexten at even a reater height t an the means for securin t e hangers inplace so that no additional room need he provided on the segment for thesecuring means for the terminal hangers even though the hen ers areradially disposed and t e stems t ereof extend inwardly from the pivotbearings of th etype act ness of the parts without undpecrow ing willbest be freely throu h openm bars. Otherwise expressed, the securing Thetype bars 75 are pivoted at 76 to the upper set ofhangers and saidpivots 76 stand nearer to' the printing point and nearer to the front ofthe machine than the pivots 62 of the outer set of type bars and therelations of the pivots of the t pe bars of the two sets of hangers issuch that each fore and aft Hair of type bars have their pivots situatein an inclined lane represented, for instance, by the dot (1 line ainFig. 1. This plane is at right angles to a line drawn between theprintln polnt and a type on one of the bars when t e latter is at rest;and intersects said line about midway in the length thereof. Thisrelative arrangement of the ivots of the two sets of t e bars is such tat whilethe' type bars of t e two sets are of different lengths thedifferent types on the various bars will be.

brought to the printing oint and in the normal positions of the y e barsin the basket or type rest they wi 1' all extend to substantially thesame transverse vertical plane. In other words theforward ends of the tye-bars will be in substantial transverse a inement when at restI From anexamination-of Figs; 1, 4 and 6 of the drawings it will be seen that thet 6 bar segment 54 and the segment 39 of e sub-levers are united bycrossbrackets 77' so as to form a ti 'd frame. The brackets 77 are each rovied with angular feet or securing mem era 78 and 78 thatextend at rightangles to the-length thereof. Two headed screws 79 have stems which passmembers an the three ed end portions of the in the rear securing stemsare received in tapped openings in the selglment 54. Headed screws 80have stems w 'ch pass freely throu h openings in. the segment 39 and anage a the threaded ends thereof in threads openings in the feed orsecurin members 78. By these means a four si ed frame is formed bythe-connecting brackets 77 and the segments 39 and 54 and the entireframe may e secured to the top plate of the machine by .four headedscrews 81, the stems of which pass freely through holes in the top lateand are receive threaded enings 82 in the connecting bars 77. 'By

1s construction a frame is re- 3 at their lower threa ed ends inscrewvided in which the type bars, their actua I sub-levers, the intermediatelinks Ketween iao " they have been. assembled.

the sub-levers and ty )0 bars and the eon neeting links 20' for tiesub-levers may be assembled and secured in place outside of the frame ofthe machine and the various parts may afterwards be )laced in the frameof the machine as a singl e partand secured inplace by the four screws81. This feature of my invention permits a rapid and accu-- rateassemblage of the parts outside of the frame of the machine, therebygreatly fa eilitating the work and enabling thc workman to place thevarious working parts of the type action, except the key levers thereof,in the frame of the machine at one time after Furthernmre, the manner ofmounting the key levers 15 in place is such that they may be readilyplaced in position. and coiniected to the actuating links 26 and may bereadily dismounted when desired.

While I have described one form of mechanism embodied in my invention itshould be understood that various changes may be made without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

W'hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. In a typewriiing machine, the combinanation of a se ment, and. ahanger secured thereto, said hanger having a substantially straight armand a bent arm, both of said arms bearing against the face of thesegment to which the hanger is secured.

2. In a typcwriting machine, the combina tion of a substantiallyvertically disposed segment, a series of type bar hangers securedthereto, and a series of type barspivoled to said hangers, a terminaltype bar hanrer having a substantially straight arm anr a bent arm, thebent arm of said terminrl .hanger bein uppermost, and both arms of saidtermina hanger bearing against the face of said segment to which saidhanger is socured;

3. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segment having twosegmental securing faces at different elevations or distances from thebody of the segment, and

' two series of bifurcated hangers with the bifiurcated portions thereofext-ending towards each other, a terminal hanger of-one series havin abent arm and a substantially straig t arm, the bent arm of said terminalhanger being outermost.

4. In aty'pcwriting machine, the combination of a segment having twosegmental securing faces at different elevations or distances from thebody of the segment, and two series of bifurcated hangers with thebifurcated portions thereof extending towards each other, the hangersof'one series being staggered relatively to the hangers ofthc otherseries, and a terminal hanger of one series having a bent arm and asubstantially straight arm, the bent arm of said terminal hanger beingoutermost.

5 in a typcwriting machine, the combination of a segment, a face thereofto which type bar hangers are secured being in a single plane, a seriesof type bar hangers, and a series of type bars, the pivots of which arearranged nearer the securing face of the seg ment as the sides of thesystem of type bars are approached.

6. in a typewriting machine, the combination of a segment, a facethereof to which type bar hangers are secured being in a single plane, aseries of t pe bar hangers, and a series of type bars, t e pivots ofwhich are progressively nearer the securing face of the seg ment fromthe center to the sides of the systern of type bars.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segment, a facethereof to which type bar hangers are secured being in a single plane, aseries of type bar hangers, and a. series of type bars, the distancefrom the contact faces of the bases of the hangers to the pivots of thetype bars varyin from the center to the sides of the system 0 type bars.

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segment, a. facethereof to which type bar hangers are secured being in a single plane, aseries of type bar hangers, and a series of type bars, the distance fromthe contact faces of the bases of the hangers to the ivots of the typebars graduall decreasin mm the center to the sides of t is system 0 typebars. v j

9. In a typewriting machine, the combmation of a type bar segment havingtwo segmental securing faces in different parallel planes, two sets ofsegmcntall arranged type bar hangers, one set secure to each of saidfaces, the distance between pivots of the type bars of each set and theassociated securing face of the se ment being less at the sides of thesegment t ran at the center thereof.

10. In a typewriting-machine, the combination of a type bar segmenthaving two segmental securing faces in different parallel planes, twosets of typc'bar han ers, one set secured to each of salt faces, theistancc between pivots of the/type bars of each set and the associatedsecuring face of the segment gradually decreasing from the center to thesides of the segment. V

11. In a, typcwriting machine, the combination of a type bar segment, aseries of radially and segmentally arranged individual type bar hangerssecured to said segment, 'a series of upwardly and rearwardl strikingtype bars pivoted to said type bar an era, a su -lever carrying segmentsubstantl y parallel with the type at segment a series of segmentallyarranged individual sub-l cyer hangers secured to said sub-levercarrying segment, a series of horizontally disposed segmentally arrangedsub-levers pivoted to said sub lever hangers and which extend fore andaft of the machine in parallel lanes, key levers, upwardly extendinglins connectin said key levers and the forward ends of sai sub-levers, andlinks that extend fore and aft of the machine from said sub-levers tosaid type bars and which are in alinement with t eir respectivesub-levers.

12. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination of twosegments of about the same size arranged one forward of the other atabout the same height, the rear segment carrying type bar hangers andthe front segment sub-lever hanglers, upwardly and rearwardlg' strikingt e are pivoted to the tlype bar an era, su stantiall horizontallyisposed sub evers ivoted to he hangers on the front segment, ger he sconnected to the sub-levers, connections om the sub-levers to the typebars, and means for affording a Simultaneous removal of said segments,type bars and sub-levers as a whole from the machine.

13. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination of twosegments of about the same size arranged one forward of the other atabout the same height, the rear segsaid trough, an

ment carrying individual type bar hangers tal planes fore and aft of themachine, key

levers connected to the sub-levers, links that extend rearwardl from thesub-levers to the type bars and w ch are arranged in alinement end toend with'said sub-levers.

14. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segment having adepending flange, type bar actuating devices secured to' said flange "atrough formed as a part'of'the segment above the flange, a type bar padseated in said trough, and detachable means carried by the segment/forsecurlng said pad in the trough.

15. In a typewriting machine, the combi-" nation of a troug a t e barplad seated in detac able 0 'ps that are situated at the'ends of thetrough and cooperate with the endsof the pad and maintain it seated inthe trough.

16. In a typcwriting machine, the'combi-' nation of a trough, a type barpad seated in said troufilg, clips that are situated at the .ends of ttrough and cooperate with theends of the padand maintain it seated inthe trough 1 the clips being frictionally held to deem in place.

typewritmg man; a hen -.strike there i h is also carried t bargactuat'devices carried ygagtype barrestii fiic 21. In a front-striketypewriting machine,

crum on which the the. c mbin tion of an upright seg by said segment,and acover plate detacha ily connected to said segment and situated atthe front thereof.

18. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a se ment, type baractuating devices carried t ereby, a fender that extends up in front ofthe type bars at the forward ends thereof and which is connected to'saidsegment, and a cover plate located below said fender and detachablyconnected to said segment.

19. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segment, typebaractuapliqng devices carried thereby a trough for ed on said segment, atype bar pad seatedin said trough, a fender that extends in front of thetype bars and pad and which is connected to said segment and anindependent cover plate detachably connected to said segment.

20. In a typewriiing machine, the combination of a segment having adepending flange, type bar actuating devices secured to said flange atrough formed as a part of the segment above the flange, a t pe bar padseated in said trough, a fender t at is formed on said segment andextends upwardly in front of the ty 0 bars and the pad therefor, and acover ate located below the fender and detachaby connected to thesegment.

the combination of a series of upwardly and rearwardly striking typebars, a serles of type bar actuating devices, a segment at the .front ofthe machine carrying said type bar actuating devices, and a cover platelocated in front of said type bar actuating devices and detachablysecured to the, segment.

22. In a typewriting machine, the combination of aseries of type bars, aseries of type bar actuating devices, a series of hangare therefor, asegment at the front of the machine for supporting said hangers, and acover plate located in front of said hangers and detachably secured tothe segment.-

33. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a series of type bars,a substantially vertically disposed segmentv at the front or th nachinea series of hangers car ried at the back of the-segment, screws thatpass from the front of the se merit through-n us to secure said hangersin p ace, ands plate that covers said screws and which is detachablyconnected to said segment at the front face thereof.

24. In a typewriti machine, the combination with a series 0 ey leversand restor n3; springs therefonof a plate that has two e ges that are atan angle toithe body of the plate, one of said edges constit'utin' afullate turns and t e other edge bei provide with means for engaging oneendo each of said s rings and means for efiecting an adjustmen of saidplate on its fulcrum. I

25. In a typswriting machine, the eombiseated, and means for effectingan adjustmentof said plate on its fulcrum,

26. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a series of keylevers and restoring springs therefor each connected at one end to a keylover, of a plate that has two edges that are at substantially right anles to the body of the plate, one of said e ges constituting a fulcrumon which the plate turns and the other edge having a series of notchesin which the other ends of thesprings are seated, andone or more screwst 1st cooperate with said plate and with a fixed portion of the machinefor effecting an adjustment of said'plate on its fulcrum. 27. In atypewriting machine, the combi nation of a type bar segment or sup ort,a bifurcated type bar han er secured t ereto, the securing stern of theanger being off-set to one side of the longitudinal center of thehanger, and a single type bar pivoted to both arms of said anger, thepivot of the type bar being parallel to the face of the segment orsupport to whichtlre hanger is secured. i

, 28: In a typewriting machine, the combination of .a type bar segment,abifurcated hanger, the securin stem of the hanger being off-set to onesir ,e. of the longitudinal center of the hanger, and the arms formed bythe bifurcated portion of the hanger bearing against the fa' .:;,-ai.the segment and having the bearing edges thereof in the same plane ,asthe face of the segment,and a single typrfi bar pivoted to both' arms ofthe hanger.

29. A bifurcated type bar hanger haying its securing stem off-set withreference to a median line extending between the hanger arms, the pivothearings in the hanger arms being in a plane paral el to the base of thesecuring stems, and a type bar pivoted to both hanger arms.

30. In a typewritin -mach ine, the combination of a series 0 restoringsprings, a trough-like plate that has transverse slots in one edgethereof, one end of each spring being received in one of said slots andhooking over the edge thereof, and meansfor affording an adjustment ofsaid plate to regulate the tension of said sprin 31. In a typewritingmac ine, the combination of upwardly and rearwardly striking type bars,substantially horizontall 'disposed sub -levers for actuating sai ty e'ars, a segmental series of inverted su stantially U-shaped parallelhangers for said sub-levers, one arm of each hanger forming a foot bywhich itis secured to its support and the other arm formin a support towhich a sub-lever is pivote one end of asub-lever extending into therecess or space formed between the arms of the associated hanger whenthe sub-lever is in the normal position, and a series of connectinglinks which extend into said recesses 01' 5 aces in the han ers andconnect with thesu -levers.

Si 65% at Ilion in the county of Herkimer and tate of New York, this12th day of August, A. D. 1905.

osoan, \WOODWARD.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. EXOEEL, ADELBURT C. SHERMAN.

